Japanese cravings: I seriously had these for so many weeks, I almost died. Just yesterday, after I finished working, my wonderful bf brought my student and I to Bugis. Well, actually my student and I wanted to go to Orchard Road to shop! But we arrived at the wrong bus-stop and we decided we were too lazy to walk to the right one, so we just settled for going to Bugis.
By the time we got there, it was already quite late, so we only managed to shop in a few shops. I saw my dearest Rilakkuma/Korilakkuma shop again, but with much resistance, I managed to steer away from buying one plushie :'( We continued walking around Iluma and tried some of their mooncakes there. Bf also got us some durian pudding which was just so good! After walking about for some time, we got a little more hungry and we settled down for this Japanese restaurant.
This restaurant was different because within one large stretch, there were many other restaurants, and they were having some food competition: in which customers come and try out the restaurant's speciality ramen and vote for/against him. At the end of the month, the losing restaurant will have to move out of that place, while another restaurant enters and everybody competes once more. Bf did say that in Japan, they had such competition as well, but I felt it was quite bad in a sense that the losing restaurant has to shift to another place.
So anyways, we settled down for some kimchi ramen which bf was eyeing since we stepped in. My student and I ordered some gyoza and fried chicken. Before you enter, somebody will hand a card to each person and the person uses this card to order. It was something like Marche and I felt this way it was more efficient(:
I really liked the interior design of the place. It was spacious and with all the wooden furniture, it looked as if we weren't in Singapore anymore.
This was the pork bf ordered along with his ramen, and even though I am one who does not like to eat pork, I really must say that this was really nice!!
Say hello to bf's ramen!(: The soup was just amazing, I can't put my finger on what makes it delicious, but it was just too good to be true. Plus the noodles are so springy and soft when you bite on it.
I have to say that our fried chicken looked the most tempting! Hahaha, the outer-skin was so crispy yet the meat inside was really soft and tender.
The gyoza was somewhat disappointing because the ratio of meat to vegetables was really off, plus we could tell that the vegetables were not exactly fresh. So it was quite obvious they pre-heated this to serve for dinner. I guess after eating dumplings bf's father made for me, my expectations for gyoza has really gone through the roof.
Here is my student, bf and I!(: We took this in an elevator: a rather impromptu decision which made my facial expressions really unglam. Haha
After our heavy dinner, we dragged our tummies back to the MRT where we headed back home. Along the way, we were posting pictures up onto a chatroom in which another one of bf's 'kids' did not come, so we were tempting him with food pictures, trying to make him jealous too. Of course we did promise him to bring him to this place to eat again, besides I don't mind trying out other competitors' ramen!(: It was a night well spent with good company, amazing food, and just a slow walk back home.